Month: December 2013

Chamber Tree Lighting

The annual Chamber Tree Lighting and Holiday Parade is something that the entire community looks forward to every year. But it’s the dozens of volunteers and Chamber members that make it possible. Each year, people like Pat Todisco of Todisco…

Library Plaque

The plaque that adorned the former Meridian Street Branch Library naming East Boston as the first community to ever hold a publicly funded branch of the Boston Public Library will be hung at the new library–as well it should. Kudos…

MEB Hockey Roundup

It was a strong showing for M.E.B. Hockey last weekend. Don’t forget the new session of our Learn-to-Skate and Play Hockey classes begin on January 12th and make a great Christmas gift. See our website for details. Mite S  (5-8…

Obituaries 12-11-2013

Anna Dello Russo Accomplished Woman with Many Artistic Talents Anna ( Indorato ) Dello Russo of Boxford, formerly of Winthrop and East Boston, passed away in Topsfield, surrounded by her family, on December 6. She was in her 90th year.…

Lending a Helping Hand

Mayor-elect Marty Walsh pitches in during Representative Carlo Basile’s annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for low-income residents in East Boston. Walsh spent over an hour in Eastie handing out meals to families in Eastie.